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lunch

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Recent Examples of lunch
Noun
Chef Rodrigo Cárdenas and his team scoured coastal restaurants from the Pacific to the Gulf for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch menus featuring everything from sea bass tempura fish tacos and a variety of ceviches to lobster, snapper and shrimp. Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026 School-lunch standards were improved, and more children were made eligible for free meals. Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Verb
Facing widespread accusations of election fraud, the regime lunched an unprecedented wave of violent crackdowns that landed more than 2,000 people in prison, including opposition politicians, human rights activists and journalists. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025 The group lunched at Mount Ceder, watching a herd of goats frolic in the heat in their pastoral landscape that led to massive, slanted steeps in the distance. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunch
Noun
  • For many Americans, the most vulnerable eating decisions of the day happen between lunch and dinner, and those decisions could have long-term consequences for how the body and brain handle blood sugar later in the day, according to recent research and reports.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Democratic governors plan to boycott a White House dinner after two of their colleagues were excluded.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Since there wasn’t a turret meeting last night, Lisa, Candiace, and Rob are first to breakfast the next morning to give them a chance to debrief (and for Lisa to yell at Rob for voting against her).
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • One of my favorite things to do each morning was pedal to breakfast in the shade of giant palm trees with the smell of flowering hibiscus all around.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This supper comes together in under an hour and is great to serve with rice or mashed potatoes for scooping up all of the extra gravy.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The other stuck with the crisp, supper-club-esque salad with a kicky vinaigrette.
    Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But perhaps even more importantly, chocolate chips should taste delicious to snack on throughout the baking process.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
  • According to one source, Buffalo chicken dip is the most popular Super Bowl snack in 31 states.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Additional funds are raised through holiday and spring luncheons, a pickleball tournament, and sales at the consignment shop on El Tordo, now headed up by TCF Executive Director Suzanne Newman and staffed by volunteers.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • By the time Melania arrives at the Inaugural festivities, the film has given itself over to a series of rituals (the candlelight dinner, the Inaugural itself, the luncheon, the Starlight Ball), which feels weirdly fitting since the filmmaking itself is so ritualized.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Tinctures and extracts are easy to mix with your favorite juice, tea, smoothie or shake.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The spa features 11 treatment rooms, each more serene than the last, all managed exclusively by the Ritz (so yes, the robes are plush, the tea is infused, and the playlist sounds like an angel curated it).
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But do buffets actually save people money?
    Andrea Margolis Fox News, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Admission includes an open bar and four-hour buffet.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026

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“Lunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunch. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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